This key difference has enabled the Ripple company to partner with traditional financial institutions, who require more stringent regulatory compliance than typical cryptocurrencies are capable of doing.

It is difficult to say exactly how much of this volatility could have been avoided without cryptocurrency’s bear conditions.

This is, however, also an interesting position to take, as others are convinced that the future of cryptocurrency value and mainstream potential lies in dApps (decentralized applications).

However, like every other cryptocurrency right now, XRP’s value trajectory is dependent on how quickly the bear market of 2018 corrects.